Drugs and chess.

As yet they don't do any drug tests on professional players - so I guess it is.

Some wonder how a 15-year old became a grandmaster.  My country's highest rated GM (Wesley So) is just that age.  Elo rating can jump a thousand points if that guy kept on winning games.  The initial Elo rating given to players is usually wrong anyway.

Now back to the drugs topic.  Neuroscience is still in it's infancy--many things are still unknown.  It's not good tinkering with drugs.  Caffeine is available in tablet form, someone asked if it's injectable.  On a slightly diferent topic... taking megadoses of vitamins A and E is bad for the health.  Just take these supplements the right way (guided by the RDA or recommended daily allowance). 

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I was doing some research on this, and as of recent, it has been proven that stimulants do, in fact, have a proven benefit to chess playing ability. Not that you should take them. Still, since this is one of the first results you get when you search drugs and chess, I thought it was worth mentioning.

I hope Red Bull isn't considered doping because I can't see myself ever giving it up.

If necessary I'd start my own chess organization where caffeine was legal lol

magnus did it so why cant we?

I don't like caffeine tablets. They don't seem to have the same benefits as a can of Red Bull which also contains sugar, taurine, and leviathan amounts of vitamin B complex.